	hoogovens expects clear loss in koninklijke nederlandsche hoogovens en staalfabrieken nv said it expected a clear loss for the company reported its profits were pct lower at mln guilders than in the year before turnover was pct lower than in the main reason fo the fall in turnover was the lower rate of the dollar the company said the lower costs for raw materials and energy resulting from the lower dollar could not compensate the fall in revenues costs billion guilders vs billion depreciation mln vs mln operating profit mln vs mln financial charges mln vs mln extraordinary loss rpt mln vs mln crude steel production five mln tonnes vs mln aluminium production tonnes vs same reuter 
